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Synonyms for eradication

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ih-rad-i-keyt
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈræd ɪˌkeɪt

Définition of eradication

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Latin eradicationem (nominative eradicatio), noun of action from past participle stem of eradicare "root out, extirpate, annihilate," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + radix (genitive radicis) "root" (see radish).
  • noun extermination
Example sentences :
  • Where the disease is most deeply seated, there it will be slowest in eradication.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 » by Various
  • The hour of the eradication of the evil is advancing, it must come.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 » by Various
  • If it is allowed to remain it festers; nothing short of eradication will suffice.
  • Extract from : « Society » by Henry Kalloch Rowe
  • He made a special study of birds in relation to the eradication of grubs.
  • Extract from : « Makers of Modern Agriculture » by William Macdonald
  • It is the regulation, not the eradication, of this appetite that is practical.
  • Extract from : « An American Four-In-Hand in Britain » by Andrew Carnegie
  • The work of eradication was not completed for more than a year.
  • Extract from : « Special Report on Diseases of Cattle » by U.S. Department of Agriculture
  • Care for lepers in special hospitals and eradication of this disease.
  • Extract from : « The Thirteenth » by James J. Walsh
  • Their eradication and their withdrawal were alike impossible.
  • Extract from : « The Bay State Monthly, Volume 1, Issue 5, May, 1884 » by Various
  • But a portion of the people of that District are now demanding the eradication of the evil in question.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 » by Various
  • And again this Oriental teacher set up an unattainable ideal when he demanded the eradication of all desire from the human soul.
  • Extract from : « The Story of My Mind » by M. M. Mangasarian

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